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It's no secret that the Phillies are a franchise in transition. They made several offseason moves in an effort to bolster their minor league system and brought in a bunch of six-year minor league free agents who have versatility and major league experience. It adds up to the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs getting a makeover for 2015. The eighth season at Coca-Cola Park will have a distinctively different feel to it when play begins Thursday, April 9. Prospects Maikel Franco and Cameron Perkins will be there again. So will smiling Hector Neris and fellow reliable reliever Cesar Jimenez, and utility player Tyler Henson. But more than two dozen others who played for Lehigh...

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It's no secret that the Phillies are a franchise in transition.
They made several offseason moves in an effort to bolster their minor league system and brought in a bunch of six-year minor league free agents who have versatility and major league...

CLEARWATER, FLA. — One of the main goals for the Philadelphia Phillies and their front office this offseason was to bolster starting pitching depth.
More specifically, they wanted starting pitchers with short-term deals who could eat up innings and...

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is making some changes designed to speed games but won't implement more radical proposals this year.
The league and the players' union announced an agreement Friday to enforce the rule requiring a hitter to keep at...

With Jamie Moyer leaving the Phillies broadcast team, Comcast SportsNet had a position to fill.
Thursday afternoon, they announced their decision.
Ben Davis, who spent the last four seasons on Comcast SportsNet's Phillies pre and postgame...

Max Scherzer and Jon Lester might as well have neon-green dollar signs stamped all over their uniforms and caps when spring training opens next week.
Their careers were redefined this offseason when they joined baseball's elite echelon of $100 million...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Right-hander James Shields, who helped Kansas City reach the World Series last season, has agreed to a four-year contract with the San Diego Padres.
Shields is the latest addition by first-year general manager A.J. Preller, who in...

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With the trading of Marlon Byrd, Jimmy Rollins and Antonio Bastardo, the Phillies have shown they are committed to rebuilding and starting a youth movement in Philadelphia.
Although, with the shape of their roster, the contracts they've handed out and...

The Padres have had discussions about trading for San Diego native Cole Hamels with new outfielder Wil Myers as potential bait, according to a baseball source.
The Padres have been baseball's busiest team since the Winter Meetings ended in San Diego...

A five-player trade that was first reported a week earlier was completed late Thursday night as the San Diego Padres finalized a deal to acquire Matt Kemp from the Los Angeles Dodgers, multiple media outlets reported.
That trade enables the Phillies to...

It took over a week for the final word to come, but Jimmy Rollins is now officially a Los Angeles Dodger.
The Phillies announced the deal Friday morning which sent the 36-year-old shortstop west along with cash for two minor league pitching prospects.
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SAN DIEGO — Baseball's Winter Meetings invariably consist of a lot of talk and little action.
Not this year, though, as the four-day gathering that concluded Thursday at the Manchester Grand Hyatt included 19 transactions that involved 44 players.
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SAN DIEGO -- Another day, another deal for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who agreed to trade outfielder Matt Kemp to division rival San Diego.
Kemp was part of a surplus of outfielders on the roster with the Dodgers, and the highest-paid of the bunch. Los...

The San Diego Padres continued to overhaul their roster Friday, acquiring All-Star outfielder Justin Upton from the Atlanta Braves and reportedly working to obtain third baseman Will Middlebrooks from the Boston Red Sox.
The Padres announced they will...

The New York Yankees re-signed switch-hitting third baseman Chase Headley on Monday to a four-year contract extending through the 2018 season.
Headley's deal is reportedly worth at least $50 million.
The Yankees acquired Headley, 30, from the San...

The Philadelphia Phillies agreed more than a week ago to trade Jimmy Rollins to Los Angeles, and there are no indications that the deal is in jeopardy despite a delayed official announcement.The Rollins trade is tied to a separate transaction — the...

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In an attempt to extend (and later, pry open) the window of...